Two Kinds of Ghost Recon

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Reports suggest Ubisoft's Ghost Recon 2 may not be identical across all platforms.

By Ivan Sulic

UPDATE: the good folks at Ubisoft have just confirmed this with us. Eurogamer's information is definitely correct, as expected... The Xbox and PC versions take place in the year 2014 and the PS2 and GameCube versions are prequels to those. While the gameplay between the four will remain largely the same, it's hoped that hardcore fans of the series will want to check out the PS2 and GC versions first and then the Xbox and PC ones to get the full story.

Also, the release date information Eurogamer provided is naturally for the European market. We should in fact see the PS2, Xbox, and GCN versions of the game this holiday season (no exact date was given). The PC version is expected to come along in the first quarter of 2005.

Eurogamer is reporting that Ubisoft's Ghost Recon 2, sequel to IGNPC's 2001 game of the year, may be two completely different titles. As the report details, there are two development teams behind the game. Red Storm North Carolina is charged with completing the Xbox and PC versions, and UbiSoft's own Shanghai Studio (credited with PS2 and GameCube Rainbow Six 3 and Pandora Tomorrow development) will be creating the GCN and PS2 versions.

It's not out of the ordinary to see two different development houses working on different versions of the same game, but according to Eurogamer, the Xbox and PC versions of the game offer a different storyline set some five years after the GameCube and PS2 versions. Still, it's being reported that all iterations of the game will incorporate the same fundamental gameplay mechanics and characters.

Eurogamer asked Ubi representatives about what the current release schedules were for the four different titles and learned that the game should see a November 25th launch on PS2 and Xbox, with the GameCube version following sometime later and the PC version still hovering in no comment land. This is a little odd considering the Xbox and PS2 versions are the ones that are different from one another. For the full scoop, please see the original Eurogamer article.

It's strange stuff, for sure. We've called our friends at Ubi for an official comment and should hopefully have something to report later today. In any event, if you're interested in any of the imminent versions of Ghost Recon 2, please use the following links to add the game to your watched list so that we may email you the latest updates as they happen.